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account

(/@/'k/AU/nt )

noun (n)

a record or narrative description of past events(noun.communication)

Example:
He gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president.

Synonym:
chronicle, history, story

source: wordnet30
a short account of the news(noun.communication)

Example:
The account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious.

Synonym:
news report, report, story, write up

source: wordnet30
a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services(noun.state)

Example:
He asked to see the executive who handled his account.

Synonym:
business relationship

source: wordnet30
a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.(noun.communication)

Example:
I expected a brief account.

Synonym:
explanation

source: wordnet30
grounds(noun.motive)

Example:
Don't do it on my account.
The paper was rejected on account of its length.

Synonym:
score

source: wordnet30
importance or value(noun.attribute)

Example:
A person of considerable account.
He predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance.

source: wordnet30
a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance(noun.possession)

Example:
They send me an accounting every month.

Synonym:
account statement, accounting

source: wordnet30
the act of informing by verbal report(noun.communication)

Example:
By all accounts they were a happy couple.

Synonym:
report

source: wordnet30
an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered(noun.communication)

Example:
Send me an account of what I owe.

Synonym:
bill, invoice

source: wordnet30
the quality of taking advantage(noun.attribute)

Example:
She turned her writing skills to good account.

source: wordnet30
A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something(verb.stative)

Example:
Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam.

source: wordnet30
keep an account of(verb.possession)

Synonym:
calculate

source: wordnet30
to give an account or representation of in words(verb.communication)

Synonym:
describe, report

source: wordnet30
furnish a justifying analysis or explanation(verb.communication)

Example:
I can't account for the missing money.

Synonym:
answer for

source: wordnet30
To reckon; to compute; to count.(verb)

source: webster1913
To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.(verb)

source: webster1913

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